1. What do the initials U. N. E. S. C. O. stand for? United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
  2. Which tea is flavoured with bergamot? Earl Grey
  3. What name is given to the offspring of a male donkey and female horse? Mule
  4. How many players have been sent off in a F. I. F. A. World Cup final? Five(Pedro Monzon and Gustavo Dezotti (Argentina) 1990; Marcel Desailly (France) 1998; Zinedine Zidane (France) 2006; John Heitinga (Netherlands) 2010
  5. What was 1960s activist Malcolm X’s real surname? Little
  6. Ruth Rendell writes under what other name? Barbara Vine
  7. The main course of the Grand Union Canal runs from London to which other English city? Birmingham
  8. What was the full name of the jazz musician known as Bird (or Yarbird)? Charles Parker Jr.
  9. Which British chemist and inventor discovered sodium and potassium? Humphry Davy
  10. What are the names of the two female characters in the cartoon ‘Scooby Doo’? Daphne (Blake) and Velma (Dinkley)
  11. Who succeeded David Steel as Liberal Party leader? Paddy Ashdown
  12. Who composed the ballet ‘The Firebird’? Igor Stravinsky
  13. How many pennies were there in an English groat? Four
  14. What is the main vegetable used in moussaka? Aubergine
  15. Who replaced Steve Waugh as Australian cricket captain? Ricky Ponting
  16. Isaac Asimov wrote which genre of books? Science fiction
  17. The River Spree runs through which capital city? Berlin
  18. In music, what does ‘diminuendo’ indicate? Gradually decrease in volume
  19. Where, on the human body, is the septum? Nose(septum also in heart, brain, tongue, lungs and many more)
  20. Ron Howard received a Best Director Oscar for which 2001 film? A Beautiful Mind
  21. The word ‘dungarees’ comes from which language? Hindi
  22. What is the U. K. equivalent of an American ‘popsicle’? Iced lolly
  23. The adjective ‘corvine’ relates to which bird? Crow
  24. Which two teams failed to score in the 2010 F. I. F. A. World Cup finals? Algeria and Honduras
  25. Which British monarch was nicknamed ‘Silly Billy’? William IV(also nicknamed the ‘Sailor King’)
  26. Who wrote ‘A Farewell to Arms’? Ernest Hemmingway
  27. What is Britain’s most northerly inhabited island? Unst in the Shetlands
  28. Which British comedian had four top ten hit singles in the 1960s? Ken Dodd
  29. In chemistry, how is NaOH better known? Sodium hydroxide(also known as lye or caustic soda)
  30. Who directed the 1997 film ‘Titanic’? James Cameron
  31. How is the Jewish holiday ‘the Day of Atonement’ better known? Yom Kippur
  32. Who became temporary Labour leader after John Smith died? Margaret Beckett (12 May – 21 July 1994)
  33. The Kirov Ballet is based in which Russian city? St. Petersburg
  34. What is the lowest ranked card in bezique? Seven
  35. Which city hosted the 2012 Europa League final? Bucharest
  36. Who wrote ‘Moll Flanders’? Daniel Defoe
  37. Whipsnade Zoo is in which English county? Bedfordshire
  38. Johnny Dankworth was married to which singer? Cleo Laine
  39. Johann Galle discovered which planet in 1846? Neptune
  40. Rab C. Nesbitt first appeared in which TV series? Naked Video

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